Dish-drying device.



- BST AVMLABLE CO?" No. 817,120. PATBNTED APR. s, 1906.

A. s. KING.

DISH DRYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13,1905.

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vUNITED :sfr-Aiiisl ASBURY S KING, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA'.

DISH-DRYING DEVICE.

specification' of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed September 13, 1905. Serial No. 278,269.`

. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to dishdrying devices. y Y

AThe object of the invention the provision of a device for this purposewhich will be cheap in cost, bringing it within the reach of householdsof moderate means, compact and durable in construction and arrangementsof its parts, its compactness requiring only-a minimum amount ofispacein storing, and its construction and arrangement insuring eiliciencyinthe purpose for which it is intended.

The invention consists, essentially, of a tray or pan, preferably ofmetal and providedwith-turned-up sides.4 Secured to the bottom of'nthetray and running lengthwise'l provide bars, located in pairs, for theureceptionof dishes or plates. Provision is also .made fpr the drying ofcups, and further pro-. vision is also furnished for the reception anddryingof knives, forks, spoons, &c.

In the 'accompanying drawingsIhave illustrated one example of thephysical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the bestmode. I have so far devised for the r practical-application of theinvention. 'v Figure 1 1s a plan View of a device illustrat- ,ving thenovel features of the invention.

Fic 22 is a transverse sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 isabroken enlarged detail sectional view of the bottom of the tray, showingthe retaining-bars in the osition they assume when a plate or dish isocated therebetween while drying,

In the embodiment of my invention I ro'- vide the rectangular tray withthe usualv ottorn portion l and the four turnedup sides 2 2 2 2, thetray and its sides preferably being integral to avoid seams inits-construction whichwould tend to accumulate dirt or sedimentthereabout. The sides of the tray extend upwardly a suitable distance torevent the escape of water therefrom. Wit 1in the tray and secured t-othe bottom thereof, and preferably running lengthwise, I locatin pairs aseries offlat bars, as 3, having flanges, as 1, which are secured byrivets 5 to the bottonijof the tray; As before stated, these bars arearranged iii pairsja'nd the bars at their 'A or pan` is for the reoption ofknives, forks, spoons, &c.

shown in the position they assume before a dish or dishes have beeninserted therebetween, In Fig. 23 the elasticity of the bars isillustrated. At the unction of the bars and flanges 5 the metal iselastic or made to spring 65 Thus when a dish or' plate is insertedbetween the bars said bars will be forced outwardly at their top ends,and the tension of the spring portion of the bars will cause them tobear against the dish or plate and hold it rigidly, the end flanges 6 ofthe bars overlapping and practically closing the ends of the compa mentagainst the escape of dishes or plates. IF or the reception of cupsandsimilar receptacles vI provide two bars '7 7, situated a sufficientdistance apart to accommodate articles of this character and securedtothe bottom of the tray b v rivets passing through the flanges S and thebottom l of the tray or pan. The bars are of suflicient height to permitthe cups to drain the dish-water therefrom to theA trav.

The inverted cone shaped receptacle 9, preferably located in one cornerof the tray This owne or funnel shaped device is suitably secc ed to thebottom of the tray and provided at its lower` end with two openingsl()10 therein for the escape of Water draining from the knives, forks, orspoons whilev drying.

In use after the dishes or plates are washed they are inserted betweenthe bars forming the pairs in the series. The spring action of the` barsholds the plates in place, and as theyT are held in an upright position,or on end, they will be drained off rapidly and dry fquickly, the waterdraining therefrom falling to the bottom of the tray and escaping'-through the orifices 11, formed by the anges zoo 6, (when the bars areopened.) The cups are placed, referably upside down, lacross the topsoft e bars 7, and the knives, forks, and spoons are inserted in thefunnel-shaped receptacle 9, and in this both the cu s and- :o5

knives and forks, &c., will dry rapi y, the water draining therefrompassing to the bottom of the tray. After' the several articles have`been drained and thoroughly dried they are taken from the device, andthe same may I Io be lifted bodily by hand and emptied of the drainedWater and left to dry.

From the above description., taken in connection With thedrawings, itWill be evident that Il have produced a device as set forth which willperform the functions and fulfil the purposes as disclosed in theobjects of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, ifs- 1. In a device of the characterdescribed, the combination with a tray, of a lurality of spring-barsarranged in pairs an( secured to said tray, said bars having flangeslocated at tbe ends thereof which form closures for the ends of thecompartments formed between said bars.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tray,of a pluralitvxv of bars having horizontal flanges secured to said trayand havin upstanding spring portions adapted to recelve dishestherebetween, said bars having flanges located at the ends thereof whichclose the ends of the compartments formed between said bars.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ASBUR'Y S. KING.

Witnesses:

ADAM M. KLUGP ADAM DELLET.

